Alienable Rights: The Exclusion of African Americans in a White Man's Land, 1619-2000
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In a devastating narrative that spans more than three centuries, the authors maintain that the drive for African-American equality has never had the support of the majority of Americans.Despite the great racial upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, and the federal government's attempts to give blacks the right to vote, hold office, own land, and enjoy full citizenship, Jim Crow and "separate but equal" became the law of the land. And the spectacular gains of the civil rights era of the 1960s were followed by a discouraging backlash in the 1980s.Racial progress was made only in brief historical bursts when a committed militant minority -- abolitionists, radical republicans, civil rights activists -- stirred the nation, pressuring it to change. Invariably, however, these advances have been followed by concerted efforts to restore white privilege.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0060959118
ISBN13:9780060959111
Release Date:December 2004
Publisher:Harper Paperbacks
Length:384 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.5" x 7.7"
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